Vintage Latin American Rarity Certified by NGC Offered in Sedwick Auction

More than 650 rare coins that are certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company® (NGC®) are being offered in an upcoming Sedwick Numismatic Auctioneers sale that is focused on rarities from Latin America. Online bidding is already underway for Sedwick's six-session Auction 37: Treasure, World, US Coins and Paper Money, which will be held May 7-9, 2025.

The top NGC-certified highlight of the auction is a Costa Rica 1873 GW Gold 20 Pesos graded NGC UNC Details - Cleaned (Session 3, lot 1026), with an estimate of $35,000 to $70,000. This rare one-year type is considered a classic Latin American rarity with an estimated mintage of only 100 coins. Each of the coins were believed to be presented to Costa Rican President Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez's friends and other dignitaries. Today, fewer than 15 examples are known to exist, with only nine offered at auction in the last two decades, according to the auction house.

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Other NGC-certified coins in this auction include:

• a Dominican Republic (1542)F SP Santo Domingo 4 Reales graded NGC AU 55 (Session 3, lot 1037), with an estimate of $30,000 to $60,000
• a Mexico 1714MO J 8 Escudos pedigreed to the 1715 Fleet and graded NGC MS 63 (Session 1, lot 22), with an estimate of $25,000 to $50,000
• a Mexico (1536-38)R 3 Reales - 3 Bars graded NGC XF 40 (Session 2, lot 495), with an estimate of $30,000 to $45,000
• a Peru 1698C M Escudo pedigreed to the Almenara Collection and graded NGC UNC Details (Session 1, lot 61), with an estimate of $20,000 to $40,000
• a Mexico 1713MXO J 8 Escudos pedigreed to the 1715 Fleet and graded NGC MS 63 (Session 1, lot 21), with an estimate of $25,000 to $37,500
• a Peru 1698L H 8 Escudos graded NGC AU 58 (Session 1, lot 30), with an estimate of $20,000 to $30,000
• a Peru 1712L M 8 Escudos pedigreed to the 1715 Fleet and graded NGC MS 62 (Session 1, lot 31), with an estimate of $20,000 to $30,000
• a Peru 1713/2L M 8 Escudos pedigreed to the 1715 Fleet and graded NGC MS 62 (Session 1, lot 32), with an estimate of $20,000 to $30,000
• a Mexico 1715MO J 8 Escudos pedigreed to the 1715 Fleet and graded NGC AU 55 (Session 1, lot 23), with an estimate of $20,000 to $30,000
• a Peru 1698C M 2 Escudos pedigreed to the 1715 Fleet and graded NGC MS 63 (Session 1, lot 60), with an estimate of $15,000 to $30,000

Estimates are provided by the auction house. The $ symbol represents US Dollars.